Ingredients

• 2 ¹/₂ pounds Beef short ribs or shanks (or any flavorful bone-in cut)
  
• 4 cups Low sodium beef broth (or homemade beef stock)
  
• 5 cups Water
  
• 1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes (or canned whole tomatoes, broken up into small pieces, with their juices)
  
• 1 Head (2 – 2 ½ pounds) cabbage, roughly chopped in bite size pieces/strips
  
• 3 Medium onions, quartered and sliced
  
• 4 Good sized carrots, sliced
  
• 1-2 teaspoons Kosher salt, or to taste, depending on saltiness of broth
  
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste (about 1/2 tsp)
  
• 5 tablespoons Light brown sugar
  
• 1 Lemon, juiced
  
• 1 Bay leaf
  
• 2 tablespoons good Hungarian sweet paprika (not Spanish smoked)
  
• 5 tablespoons Dried currants
  
• Sour cream (optional)